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Delano, California

Delano, California is located in Kern County and is about 30 miles north/northwest of Bakersfield. The area is well known as a center for growing table grapes.

The city has two school districts. The districts include three middle schools, three comprehensive high schools and two alternative high schools. You could talk to a nurse or counsellor at one of these schools to get information about STDs, testing, and treatment. We will see you have other options also in the city of Delano, CA including the North Kern-South Tulare Hospital District.

Delano was a major hub of farmworker organization efforts. You may have heard of the Delano grape strike. Filipino leaders led the Filipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in a walk off from table grape farms.

The National Farm Workers’ Association is a largely Hispanic union led by Cesar Chavez that joined the strike. The two groups formed the United Farm Workers of America. The UFW won a contract with major grape growers across California.

STD Statistics In Kern County, CA

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Kern County has very high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The major areas of concern are HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea rates. Here are statistics about the county.

The HIV prevalence rate is 62.5 cases per 100,000 population

The HIV ranking is 49 out of 58 California counties

The chlamydia incidence rate ranks 58 of 58 counties in California

The gonorrhea incidence rate ranks 55of 58

According to a recent report Kern County had 622.8 cases per 100,000 female population of chlamydia. STD rates in men, women, teenagers, and even newborns, are the highest they have ever been. STD rates in Kern are among the highest in the state and nation.

Kern Public Health reports that 1 in 4 sexually active teen girls has an STD. Some are saying that those infected include children as young as 10 who are carrying one or more untreated STDs from unprotected sex.

In 2015, Kern County became the second worst in the state for two of the four major sexually transmitted diseases, chlamydia and congenital syphilis. They are ranked 3rd worst in the state for primary and secondary syphilis and 7th worst for the fourth major STD-gonorrhea.

STD Testing and Sexual Education in Delano, CA

Comprehensive sex education is the law in California. This means that all public schools in California are required by law to teach comprehensive sex education and HIV prevention education at least once in middle school and once in high school.

Comprehensive sex education includes learning about anatomy and birth control. It also means students are taught about healthy relationships, decision-making, and more. This sex education should give students information to make healthy decisions about relationships and sexual and reproductive health. The sex education curriculum in school should include information about:

HIV prevention and other STD prevention including testing and treatment

Pregnancy prevention, parenting, adoption, and abortion

It is the right of a student to get this information in schools. A group called Teen Source asks students if they are actually getting comprehensive sex education at school. Teen Source provides students with a questionnaire online to fill out to say if they have not received sex education covering all of the above. Teen Source also gives students a chance to explain if they have received information that is not accurate.

A new bill signed into law will add more information into sexual education courses for middle school and high school students. Previously only HIV and AIDS prevention were required in school.

This new law will now include sexual health education. Students will be taught the information once in middle school and once in high school. Parents will have the option to opt their children out of the sexual education course.

Denise Smith, the Director of Disease Control at Kern County’s Department of Public Health, said the new requirements can help Kern County STD rates.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Demographics in Delano, CA

A look at demographics can help our understanding of STI rates in your city and region. According to a recent report on Kern County, the Chlamydia infection rate among teen females is 59 percent higher than the state.

Compared to older adults, adolescents are at higher risk for acquiring sexually transmitted diseases for a number of reasons, including limited access to preventive and regular health care and physiologically increased susceptibility to infection.

Rates are highest for STDs among gay men

Rates are especially high for women aged 15 to 24

The demographic that is most likely to be infected and least likely to get tested is people 25 and younger. Some experts blame the rates of STDs in this demographic in part to the use of new hook up apps that lead to casual sex among people 25 and younger.

Concerning the jump in the state for STDs, officials are not sure of all the reasons. People are not using condoms regularly so this could lead to the higher STD rates. People are going without testing and treatment and unknowingly spreading STDs. This is another possible reason for the higher rates.

We also see reports that STD prevention systems have been weakened because local and state clinics have reduced capacity or closed in the last few years. This also contributes to higher STI rates.

STI Testing Resources in Delano, CA

There are STI testing resources available in your city and area. Delano Community Health Center could be an ideal place for you to get information, testing, and treatment if needed.

The Bakersfield Health Center/Planned Parenthood is another place that can help but it is 30 miles away from your city. If transportation is no problem you could go there for STI counselling, testing, treatment, and vaccines. Testing, diagnosis, and treatment is provided for chlamydia, gonorrhea, bacterial vaginosis, genital warts, herpes, syphilis, and trichomoniasis. Testing and diagnosis only are provided for HIV. Prevention services include condoms and hepatitis B vaccines.

STD Check and Plush Care are other options for testing in your area. Plush Care offers what they call safe and easy STD testing. You order your test, visit a local test center, then get results and treatment if needed. Doctors and pharmacies partner with this service.

We do not know the exact reason why people do not get tested but some in your area are offering STD tests to be ordered online and mailed to homes. You provide a sample, send it back to a lab, and get results within a few days. We do not know how reliable these services are. The hope is to get approval for these tests from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell similar tests in stores. These tests are not all cleared by the FDA to be sold online.

Health officials in California note how difficult it can be to get people to go to one of their STD clinics. The county then offered kits online to test for chlamydia and gonorrhea for women under the age of 25. This group should have annual screens for these two STIs as these women are considered at risk and primarily bearing the consequences of the STIs.

Planned Parenthood also launched an app in California. Through the app men and women can order chlamydia and gonorrhea tests.

Another way to get information about where to get tested is the Teen Source organization. Teen Source is a project of Essential Access Health. Project activities are supported by the federal Office of Population Affairs, Title X grant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) STD Prevention Programs, the California Wellness Foundation, and the American Civil Liberties Union. It operates an online service that can help you get information about STDs and where to get testing and treatment.

This online hub for teen friendly sexual and reproductive health information has material that is for teens and by teens. It features accurate and reliable information about STDs, birth control, healthy relationships, and teen rights to accessing sensitive services in California. The site also features youth-generated blogs and videos.

From the Teen Source page, you can get free condoms if you are 12 to 19 years old and live in California. You can pick up a condom near you or order condoms to be mailed to your home. If you have them mailed to your home, they come in a plain yellow envelope so no one knows the contents.

Better Sexual Health in Delano, CA

Whether you go to a counsellor or nurse at an area high school such as Delano High School, an online service, Planned Parenthood, or a clinic or hospital, you can find in your area information about STDs, testing, and treatment. While STD rates are high in your area, help is available in your city in the way of testing and treatment that is confidential, discreet, compassionate, and effective.

Consider how the staff at these facilities is trained to help someone like you, especially with the staff at Planned Parenthood/Bakersfield or any other facility reminding you to check your health, improve it, and keep yourself healthy by always using a condom.

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